Oncology & Cancer
Doctors identify molecular cause of eye cancer
Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that drives the progression of uveal melanoma (UM), an often lethal eye cancer in adults.
Sep 13, 2021
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Medical research
Potential target for bacteria behind tooth decay identified
Findings from a University of Kentucky College of Medicine study could lead to a new way to combat the bacteria responsible for tooth decay.
Aug 9, 2021
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Medical research
Can leukemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented?
For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers have mapped out where and how leukemia begins and develops in infants with Down syndrome in preclinical models, paving the way to potentially prevent this cancer in the future.
Jul 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
How pancreatic cancer cells dodge drug treatments
Cancer cells can become resistant to treatments through adaptation, making them notoriously tricky to defeat and highly lethal. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center Director David Tuveson and his team investigated ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Medical research
Slowed cell division causes microcephaly
The birth of a human being requires billions of cell divisions to go from a fertilized egg to a baby. At each of these divisions, the genetic material of the mother cell duplicates itself to be equally distributed between ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel radiopharmaceutical tracks 'master switch' protein responsible for cancer growth
A protein that is critical in cancer cell metabolism has been imaged for the first time with a newly developed radiopharmaceutical, 18F-DASA-23. Imaging with this novel agent has the potential to improve the assessment of ...
Jun 15, 2021
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Health
Football and team handball training may increase health span and lifespan
In the quest for healthy aging and longer lifespan, Danish researchers at the University of Southern Denmark have collaborated with Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet to explore the anti-aging effects of football ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
3D genome structure influences cancer
For the first time, scientists have examined how the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a patient's genome can contribute to bladder cancer and pediatric brain tumors, according to a pair of Northwestern Medicine studies ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Neuroscience
Tiniest of moments proves key for baby's healthy brain
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have shed new light on how our brains develop, revealing that the very last step in cell division is crucial for the brain to reach its proper size and function.
May 28, 2021
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Immunology
Discovery sheds light on real-time evolution of immune system's 'antibody factories'
The immune system's B cells have the unique distinction of being the only cells in the human body that evolve, in real time—and an international team of scientists announced in Nature Immunology that they have uncovered ...
May 25, 2021
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